Still editing, but I don't want this to be yet another thing I private-post and forget about.

( So fucking many, for real. )

( The not-quites. )

Updated Big Bangs, Baby!. It now lists 198 big bangs and a handful of mini-bangs. What the hell, seriously.

I'm buckling down to update bigbangindex's masterlist of big bang challenges and I am a-scared. The last update brought the grand total to 117 and I've got ten more bookmarked, plus whatever I'm going to find trawling the tags on DW and LJ and the AO3 (and possibly IJ? I am not really familiar with the platform, but large chunks of HP fandom decamped there, so it's probably worth looking into).

Man, this would be so much easier if 3/4 of my results weren't comms for the band Big Bang.

But! If you know of any applicable challenges that aren't on this list or in its comments (and also aren't fantasybigbang, deancasbigbang, inception_bang, whizzbangpop, merlinbb_rpf, gleefsbigbang, khrminibigbang, lotsbigbang, oc_bigbang, sgareversebang, bigbangnitro, warbigbang, or tvd_bigbang), PLEASE DROP A LINE. I am also going to be doing a big post of this is abandoned/in signups/posting/etc.

I am signed up to do a recs set for ladiesbigbang. Reccing at a comm where I don't set the deadlines? Madness! But it could be fun. And I could get a complementary work!

Sign-ups are open 'til the 30th; y'all should check it out.

Apparently every fandom has decided they need a big bang challenge. Well, except HP, which has decided that every character needs their own challenge (newest additions: Percy, Neville, Remus, Bellatrix).

Brought to you by: accidentally stumbling onto the A:TLA bb. And then The Sentinel bb, and the DBZ bb, and the Charmed bb, and and and.

Updated Big Bangs, Baby! because I saw it linked in a FAQ post and felt bad (hadn't changed psoting statuses since...November).

10 new big bangs. trekreversebang is actually doing something new and interesting with the format - they're having art created first, then stories will be written to match. And comicsbigbang I'm just straight up excited to read! Sadly, that has to wait until May.

All big bangs currently posting:

firefly_bigbang - One fic up; haven't read it. Yet.

hsmbigbang - Nine stories posted and I plan on reading at least four, but I'll have to mainline some Disney to get in the mood first.

polybigbang - 24 posted - 13 1/2 on the To Be Read list (1/2 b/c I keep taking the Heroes fic off the list and putting it back on) - have only managed to read 1 1/6; the 1 was awesome; the 1/6 is, I saw Building Jerusalem is at book one of a three-book arc and I skipped to the end to see if it was at a place I was comfortable putting it on hold (and NO, it was not, so I didn't read the whole thing).

smallfandom - To clarify: This is the ORIGINAL small fandom big bang, the one that's in its second round, not the new one with limited fandoms. Three stories so far; have read one (Psych, yay), will be reading another (FIRED UP SLASH, OMG, I NEEDED IT), and may take a stab at the third (Bollywood slash?).

startrekbigbang - 14 have been posted so far; of that 14, there are three that I will not be reading because of pairing/plot Issues. Of the five I've managed to read so far, one was mediocre, two were good, one (mijan's) was hurty and amazing, and one (captanddeastar's, obvs) was MOTHERFUCKING AWESOME. GOOD RATIO SO FAR.

xf_bigbang - Three stories posted thus far, all het and not really my fandom. Maybe if someone posts some filthy M/K or a threesome or something.


All big bangs that start posting in the next two months:

thebigbangjob - Posting begins November 4. It's LEVERAGE; I will be all over that. Unless it is unexpectedly all Nate/Sophie, which, unlikely.

bsg_bigbang - Posting November 8 - 14. Not my fandom.

sgabigbang - Posting November 12. It's SGA Big Bang. TBH, in my head there are four Big Bangs - SGA, bandom, SPN/J2, and the original H/D - and a bunch of big bangs. I'm going to read the hell out of it.

tw_bigbang - Posting November 12 - 26. There are, like, three summaries that make me SO EXCITED, plus several more that look interesting, and only two that make me go OMG, NO.

ncis_bigbang - Posting begins November 15. See comment for Leverage bb, substitute "Gibbs/Abby" for "Nate/Sophie".

kink_bigbang - Posting November 23 - 30. I heart kink! But they have no visible summaries, so IDK. It could end up 30 amazing stories that push my buttons, or 10 that are vehemntly Not My Kink.

svcross_bigbang - Posting supposedly begins November 26, but the comm's currently deleted, so IDK how that's going to go.

scifibigbang - Posting December 1 - 15. SO MANY FANDOMS, SO MUCH POSSIBILITY. For awesome and awful.

deutschmusikbb - Posting December 4 - 18. Not my fandom.

crossbigbang - Posting begins December 12. HELL TO THE YEAH. Crossovers IS a fandom!

Damn internet won't stay connected for more than a minute at a stretch, so you're not getting the Covenants pimping post I planned.

Instead, know three things:

1. I have never appreciated good mods more than I do now, after looking at all those big bangs.

2. Against all odds, I am actually looking forward to the Ginny Big Bang! Lots of femslash! One, possibly two, Harry/Ginny/Luna fics!

3. Ryan Reynolds does a mean Traylor Howard.

ETA: Of course it's working fine, now that it's after midnight.

Why so hard to FIND, big bangs?

ETA: Okay, it's a little hilarious that right after posting, I saw posts polling interest in two potential big bangs (Bob Bryar and rarelit, FYI).